If LLMs can generate repetitive code, does our value shift toward system design, trade-offs, and problem framing?
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By LevkaDev 2026-01-1710:11 In my experience, the value doesn’t really shift from “coding” to “architecture” — it shifts toward understanding constraints.
On platforms like macOS, a lot of architectural decisions aren’t about clean abstractions but about what the system actually allows you to do (WindowServer rules, accessibility APIs, focus behavior, sandboxing). LLMs can generate plausible code, but they don’t feel where the platform pushes back.
The hard part is still knowing which designs will collapse once they meet real OS behavior, not writing the glue code itself.
By austin-cheney 2026-01-177:16 You should be doing architecture regardless of LLMs.
By mpweiher 2026-01-177:46 So should our programming languages shift to express architecture?
